Oliver’s Taranga Fiano 2025

This is the wine that helped start the stampede towards Fiano. It remains a solid benchmark, and no doubt will be celebrated on inaugural National Fiano Day on October 17, established by the maker and like-minded winemaking Fiano believers. I remember tasting the 2011 back in the day with its bitter almond notes and texture and being blown away with its individuality. It is still a feature of Fiano today. Stone fruits, nectarine, white peach, Asian pear aromas mingle with honeysuckle florals, almond and lemon curd. Textural, warm-hearted and cuddly with a gentle nuttiness, it brings additional savoury almond, lemongrass to taste together with bright lemon pastille. Fiano offers no angles, no attitude, it’s sunny and lively and seamless with tangy acidity puts on a star turn. And, boy, does it linger long.